PhD on trauma team training based on ten years of experience training trauma teams in Norway and northern Iraq. Main research interests are trauma systems, trauma epidemiology, trauma teams and trauma team training.

ehealth, health services research, health psychology, psychiatry

Professor Ytrebø`s broad experience includes experimental studies of acute liver failure in pigs, clinical studies of perioperative medicine including sepsis, pain, nutrition, and peripheral nerve blocks. Current research interests are centered around pathogenesis and pathobiology of acute kidney injury. Specifically focusing on glomerular filtration markers, proximal tubule function, glomerular-tubular feedback systems and renal metabolism.

Top 5 published papers:

• Nonsedation or Light Sedation in Critically Ill, Mechanically Ventilated Patients. DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1906759
• Continuous Infusion of Iohexol to Monitor Perioperative Glomerular Filtration Rate. DOI: 10.1155/2022/8267829
• Hydroxyethyl starch 130/0.42 versus Ringer's acetate in severe sepsis.  DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1204242
• L-ornithine phenylacetate attenuates increased arterial and extracellular brain ammonia and prevents intracranial hypertension in pigs with acute liver failure. DOI: 10.1002/hep.22917
• Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) for gastrointestinal surgery, part 2: consensus statement for anaesthesia practice. DOI: 10.1111/aas.12651

Reconstructive surgery and medical imaging